Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Championship

The most valuable defenders in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.1, and R. Manning leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

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	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Centre-back	Millwall	24	47.8	62192%	7769.8%
2	M. van Ewijk Full-back	Coventry	25	45	5935.6%	771.7%
3	J. Ngakia Central midfielder	Watford	25	39.8	5268.7%	665.4%
4	D. O'Shea Centre-back	Ipswich	27	36.2	4776.1%	6321.1%
5	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	35.8	4735.5%	617.1%
6	E. Cashin Full-back	Blackburn	24	35.4	4669.5%	656%
7	T. Harwood-Bellis Centre-back	Southampton	24	34.8	3360.3%	768.6%
8	L. Kitching Centre-back	Coventry	26	34.6	4573.7%	660.6%
9	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	25	34.3	4584.3%	6434.2%
10	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	33.9	401.7%	7454%
11	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	33.7	44619.7%	7065.6%
12	M. Cleworth Full-back	Wrexham	23	33.5	3840.7%	7328.6%
13	I. Kaboré Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	25	32.9	43709.4%	697.6%
14	H. Burrows Full-back	Sheffield Utd	24	32.9	2461.5%	7211.1%
15	B. Thomas Centre-back	Coventry	25	32.5	4213.6%	715.2%
16	R. Edwards Centre-back	QPR	23	32.3	3397%	709.5%
17	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	32.3	4250.5%	7050.9%
18	C. Hughes Full-back	Hull City	22	32.2	44150.6%	719.7%
19	B. Cabango Centre-back	Swansea	26	32.1	4212.6%	668.3%
20	A. Ahmed Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	31.9	36123.7%	6973.4%
21	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	31.8	3628.9%	6946.5%
22	G. Tanner Centre-back	Bristol City	26	31.8	4197.1%	597.8%
23	K. Fisher Full-back	Norwich	22	31.8	3559.7%	731.5%
24	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	31.6	4111.6%	5914.1%
25	L. Davis Full-back	Ipswich	26	31.4	40161.4%	6814.9%
26	F. Seriki Full-back	Sheffield Utd	24	31.2	2834%	687.1%
27	C. Doyle Full-back	Wrexham	22	31.1	337.2%	715.3%
28	A. Mbengue Full-back	QPR	24	31.1	333%	6836.6%
29	N. Wood-Gordon Centre-back	Southampton	24	31.1	26326.2%	673.6%
30	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	31	4226.8%	711.3%
31	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	31	4016.2%	6532.7%
32	O. Offiah Full-back	Preston	23	30.9	3021.2%	6729.3%
33	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	30.8	27104.5%	675.6%
34	G. Campbell Full-back	West Brom	25	30.6	3735.8%	6652.6%
35	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	30.6	36855.3%	7016.9%
36	R. Giles Full-back	Hull City	26	30.6	33291.8%	6617.8%
37	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	30.6	3146.6%	6726.9%
38	J. Córdoba Centre-back	Norwich	25	30.4	28103.7%	664.3%
39	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	24	30.3	2150.5%	669.6%
40	D. Sanderson Centre-back	Derby	26	30.1	35498.3%	6514.9%
41	N. Eile Centre-back	Bristol City	24	29.8	2712.3%	6545.4%
42	K. Kesler-Hayden Full-back	Coventry	23	29.8	1366.4%	659%
43	A. Phillips Centre-back	Stoke City	21	29.5	344.2%	711.6%
44	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	29.4	3511.6%	6412.6%
45	J. Greaves Centre-back	Ipswich	25	29.4	2866.7%	6418%
46	J. Abankwah Full-back	Watford	22	29.1	1827.5%	675.4%
47	B. Chrisene Full-back	Norwich	22	29	1881.2%	667.6%
48	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	26	28.9	3320.7%	635.3%
49	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	28.7	1977.1%	621%
50	C. Drameh Full-back	Hull City	24	28.6	2636.2%	62±0%